Quick Facts
Biography
Nick Arvin is an American engineer and writer.
Early life
Born in North Carolina, he was raised in Michigan, and graduated from the University of Michigan and Stanford University with degrees in mechanical engineering, and from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He has worked in forensic engineering and accident reconstruction.
Writing career
He has published three books of fiction: The Reconstructionist, Articles of War, and In the Electric Eden: Stories.
He has also had work published in The New Yorker.
Personal life
He currently resides in Denver, Colorado.
Awards
Articles of War was listed by Esquire magazine as one of the best books of the year and was awarded the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction from the American Library Association, and the Colorado Book Award. He is also the recipient of a Michener Fellowship and an Isherwood Foundation Grant.
In 2008, Arvin was awarded a Literature Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts.